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1937BUSINESSES - THEATERS - AMUSEMENTS
BARBER & BEAUTY SHOPS Chapman, John; 25th & Ridge Ave.; (Sold AAA Insurance for 30 years; (Deceased March 1992 at age 93. Cinderella Shop; Operated by Carrie Schmeich; 2411 State Street; Cleo Misheimer Beauty Shop & Mousley Barber Shop; 2126 Illinois Avenue; Dorothy's Beauty Shop; (Dorothy Kiefer); 8411 State Street; Ellen's Beauty Shop; 2418 State Street; Mercedes Beauty Shop; 9th Street & Illinois Ave.; Reynolds, Clarence, 15th and State Streets; Thron's, Fred; 9th Street & Illinois Ave.;
In 1937 Lowe's Skating came to East St. Louis at 20th & State Streets, in a large tent, and stayed for three or four years. East St. Louisans enjoyed roller skating. Theaters around town were: of course, the new million-dollar Majestic, Columbia & State Theaters (Lou Menges) later the Roxy & Esquire, St. Clair (8th St. & St. Clair Ave.), Avenue Theater at 219 Collinsville Ave., the Waverly at 40th St. & Waverly Ave, the New Orpheurn (349 Collinsville Ave.), Liberty at 321 Missouri Ave., Home (Gaty) at 17th St. & Gaty Ave., and the Broadway Theater at 1322 Broadway. Taverns included: Foley & Stephens at 1570 St. Clair Ave., Hammonds, Gene Dowling Nite Club at 1510 State St., John Wilkens "English Inn" at St. Clair & 1st St., Elmer Kreisler, Golden Gloves (Jack Keefe & Audie Boaz), Century, Chuck Stokes (42nd & Forest Blvd.), Spot, Albrechts, Playdium, Bowrnan's, Kieflein, Terrace,: O'Leary's, Joe Bauers, Pat Bowen (2208 State St.), Pat Van' Horn, Myrt & Marge at 6303 State St., Babe & Joe's Madhouse, John Doran, Estlian, Vic Williams, Keeley Cafe at 3600 State St., Adolph Cich, MizuIski's, Clairway Inn, O'Hara's (4500 St. Clair Ave.), W > G. Baird (3700 Caseyville Ave.), Donovan's (3200 Caseyville Ave.), Midway (Easton's), Bluffs Tavern (Bill Peterson) at 88th & State Sts, M. B. Callahan (29th & Ridge Ave.), Apex (15th & Lynch Ave.), Pop's BBQ (Arnold's) 2118 Ridge Ave., Dizzy & Marie Dean at 13th St. & Lake Ave., and the Congress Bar among others.LAUNDRIES Allen Laundry, 1807 Belmont; DeLuxe Laundry, 1112 St. Clair; Midwest Laundry, 1015 St. Louis Ave.; Model Laundry, 1000 block of St. Clair; New Way Laundry, 1818 State St.; Progress Laundry, 1800 State St.; St. Clair Laundry, 1100 St. Clair Ave. FUNERAL HOMES
SORORITIES were: Alpha Theta, Tau Delta Phi, Phi Alpha Lambda, Phi Tau Omega, Lambda Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Tau, Delta Phi, Kappa Alpha Tau, Gamma Sigma Phi, Delta Zeta Nu, and Eta Phi Zeta. FRATERNITIES include: Alpha Sigma Lambda, Delta Delta Alpha, Sigma Tau Alpha, Alpha Delta Upsilon Sigma GammaPhi and the Triple F Club. FOREIGN SOCIETIES were: Armenian, Croatian, Czecho-Slovak, German, Greek, Hungarian, Jewish Socieities, Jewish Synagogue, Lithuanian, Polish and Ukranian.
RESTAURANTS State Tavern (Phil Stoegner & wife), Thesiere's & Seville Lounge, Car's Cafe, G. B. Sandwich Shop, Tony Mayer's, Riedel's, Zittel's, O’Leary’s (15th & St. Louis Ave.), Croissant's, Sid Flannigan's (18th & Missouri, Ave.), Traband's (8900 State St.), Elliott's Sandwich Shop (8th St. & St. Louis Ave.), Majestic Candy Kitchen, O. T. Hodge's Chili Parlor on Collinsville Ave., I. A. Bennett (Original Hot Fish Man) at 301 So. 10th St., Clark's Restaurant (2745 Market Ave.), Joe Buloth Cafe (527 So. 4th St.), Monte's (Carl Montague; 1200 N. 37th St.), Pure Milk (24th & State Sts.), Publix Restaurant (403 Missouri Ave.), Angelo's Cafe (400 So. 10th St.), and Mrs. Kate Dombruska Cafe MO So Ath SQ. BOWLING ALLEYS: Hefton's (Lower level of Spivey Bldg.), Edgemont Lanes, Bowlaway (Ted Loman), Playdium, K. C. Club, 40th & Waverly Bowling Lanes, American Legion on Collinsville Ave. PROMINENT GROCERS were: E. A. Cunningham, Kratzmeyer & Rochelle, A. Magiera, Villiger Bros" Seppi's, Fairlawn Market, Floyd Dauer, W. H. Bloemker, Joe Warzala, Johnny White, Sol Rosenberg, Ben Lite White House Mkt., Lou Soffer, L. Beebe, Leading Food Stores and Tri-City. Well known MEN’S AND LADIES APPAREL stores were: Al's Mens Shop, Seidel's, Stanley's, Roy Weiss, Union Clothing (with Frank "Dude" Shay), and John Kriwanek. COAL DEALERS were: Molla Coal Co., George M. Lorius, Rudolph & Herbert and Carl Helfrich. WELL KNOWN DRUG STORES were: Daut (15th St. and Broadway), Oscar Waghalter, Detchmendy, Andy Muenterferring, George Gruenwald's Central Drug, Henry Rohm, Skye Crosstown, Baumeister, and Daut on 9th St. REAL ESTATE offices remembered: Tom Canavan, M. L.Harris, Charles Schiele, Beckwith Bros., William Veach, McLean & Galvin, D. Leroy Morgan and Prosper C. Soucy (My maternal Grandfather) at 18 N. Main St. AUTO DEALERS numbered Brodhead Ford, Hauss Chevrolet, Young Chrysler-Plymouth, Bundy Oldsmobile, Ed Mixon Buick, Dan Blackburn Mercury &Lincoln, and Lloyd Adams who had many different dealerships and eventually ended up in the real estate and building business.
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